In Geography this half term, Year 5 have been focusing on slums – particularly Dharavi in Mumbai, India and Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Today, we working in groups to figure out what were the biggest challenges faced by people living in slums – sanitation, education, crime, jobs, health Read more
We had a great afternoon today taking part in a live lesson all about space. We met a real life inventor who had the opportunity to meet Tim Peake. We learnt all about life as an astronaut and what they do up in space. We went onto the international space Read more
This afternoon Year 5 Pine enjoyed our first forest school session. We incorporated our skills builder lessons into the session and focused on teamwork and leadership skills. Using the information they have learnt in Geography the children worked together to build slum shelters. We also made Christian value rocks that Read more
What a fun day of languages! We started the morning with some french music, followed by a delicious pain au chocolat. This afternoon we’ve been busy learning how to say we have a pet, as well as competing in a Kahoot quiz about European countries, singing heads, shoulders, knees and Read more
This morning, Year 5 Juniper and Year 5 Pine visited St Luke’s Church to learn all about harvest. We took part in different activities around the church learning about different aspects of harvest. There were 5 activity stations for us to visit: The first one was about the harvest of Read more
This afternoon, Year 5 Juniper and Pine carried out an experiment in their Science lesson. We have been carrying out a topic called ‘Separating Mixtures’ and have most recently learnt about what formulations are, how they are made and how they can be useful. We carried out an experiment with Read more
Today, Year 5 Juniper and Pine took part in a music masterclass with Miss Fisher. The children warmed up together by singing songs and dancing the relevant actions. The classes then split into smaller groups and travelled round different stations. They were able to use the iPads and headphones to Read more
This half term Year 5 will be focusing on painting and mixed media during our Art lessons. To start off our new topic we spent time researching, and creating artist research pages, about the artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman. Chila is a British artist known for her vibrant, mixed media Read more
What a great first week back Pine have had. They have shown enthusiasm, confidence and a great willingness to get back to school and learn. They’ve achieved so much already in the first few days and Mrs Jones and I are really looking forward to the year ahead with them. Read more
Today, we finished our cooking and nutrition Design Technology unit. The children worked in groups to prepare our ingredients. We discussed how to handle food, food hygiene and different methods for chopping the ingredients. We then went into the forest school area to cook our spaghetti bolognese. We prepared a Read more